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THBflAILY MISSOULIANPublished Every Day in the Year.MMI8OULTAN PUBLISHING CO.Missoula, Montana,Entered at the postoffice at Mlssoula,Montana, as second-class mail matter.SUBSCRIPTION RATES.(In Advance.)Daily, one month .............................. $0.75Daily, three months ....................... 2.25Daily, six months ...... ..... .. ..... 4.00Daily, one year ... ..............8.00Postage added for foreign countries.TELEPHONE NUMBER.Bell... ..................110 Independent....510MISSOULA OFFICE129 and 131 West Main Street.Hamilton Office221 Main Street, Hamilton, Mont.The Missoulian may be found onsale at the following newstands outside of Montana:Chicago-Chicago Newspaper Agency, N. E. corner Clark and Madisonstreets.Minneapolis-World News Co., 219North Fourth street.Salt Lake City-MacGillis & Ludwig.San Francisco-United News Agents.Portland-Consolidated News Co.,Seventh and Washington.Seattle - Eckart's News Agency,First avenue and Washington; W. 0.Whitney.Spokane-Jamieson News. CO.Tacoma--Trego News Co., Ninthand Pacific.SUBSCRIBERS' PAPERS.The Missoulian is anxious to givethe best carrier service; therefore. subscribers are requested to report faultydelivery at once. In ordering paperchange to new address, please giveold address also. ,Money rdlers andchecks shouldt be made lir olle toThe Missoulian Publishing comlpany.d- ..... 14, 1Two souls in one, two hearts into one heart.-DuBartas.AUF WIEDERSEHEN.This mnirning rwe drink a stirrupcUi\\ witht tilhe Fourt' ntllth. Missoulaitisihes thei gallant regilllttlt a pleasant jan1rn1y to its new post, a safe arrival and a lappy life until the nextlilat'ching ord(lers come. The privilegeof having kno\\wn intimately this regitInnt is one which we all appreciate.The mnemories which we shall hiold ofthe stay if these siltlitrs at Fort Mis-tla i\ill b, he pleasant. That, onie tofthese da.lys, we \ ay rmeet agalt is thewish (of Missoula. If our paths shallcross tonie iture, we kntow the greetilng alnl the lexpeirietncet \\will Ihe ntutullly cordial. If this tlteetilng does nutreact, w\\ staill still think always ofthe Fiourteenth as :a fini e lt t of gentlehmn, It-nitrinig the nllifora thily wearilll \vtrthly of it. Attf \Wied rshell.NEED FOR ACTION.tat tus o gaii intlltire what is d tig1i l r sl lor f ii the prpositin sti tSellre th ilet act'llellnt of a lit" whlichrliatll prIvide a. fixed and sufficientrelvitil(e fr ar l tll ll ini stitl tiIallS ofhigher elu'n tionu. ,l,.t us no t l ,r-r,'iln ul tlhe friiil·n s itf the state tItunixl rsity that this i. thlte ust inp irt:i llt sur, ias al'tfecting tlhe illnstituth"it, wvhich his ten-II ietfort the hgislature i mll m . e t rs, Its vt'wl; ni.l enltlwill nlarl, the. ,'gillnnint, of 11ti ,ra-t'rlitill,'lt attila efficietncil 1 ihich will] ll , the d( ,tel )l mhent 'oif the \lir fr whlich \ne all hip s,THE TELEPHONE... i i -l I ri tireport of ra'o tli'i hi ,f th i I untaitti Ft Stat'es " - ,ptlh toe - Itpin i; Vyesterdaty It i illthis " - i it t\a ts publlished ill its -i1:rtty it, The M\lisstllin. It is a dor -, t -f m ,re than passing inte resttend it p..-,seis tintmtly sigtilt ilti' Ilvreasion of the fact thati todaily is thtiC:.Ini', rs'try .,) th,, :;ranting if ' hfirst 1It-l telephone patenti ill tihe]'nit, d States. It was Fetbrutry 1 1,1T.o7 , that rl', tfecss r Ale. x ll r (r1,ham Bell r,.ci'ted his first letter itpottent in thb. talking machine whiehhe 110d rill ntc", .111\1 which hills reiardeod as litthl mire than t pitlyttitigaint date is iell withint tihe itlrehr"ti Iraill 11gr. Thel are sotlm, if iis,tii wth' runlintber tthose. e:irle tihlphCnI-s t inpardel ith tt 1 instit tliints of tdtyt thit, were cruate , in-llSix mr.nths afterr rtt ep.ire h11 raweiii1t.t that f;rst palt . ('a l v :uld me s\:.+(:"" :'t. i to stateht ,d. N the Cent, niat state is the central liteadtlarti rs of a great telephone sy sthaenr.., hing in all directions and giving:,, r\'ier to many cities that had th< nit1 Iplace upon the timap. T'hese areC;,t,es and incidents which illustrat,'Ilh,. wonderful advance in d, v,.l l)pInent which has tak(n place in this'hneration. A great empire has grownout of \;hat was then a wilderness:L\t\ railways have penetrated this region; its people are placed in closeIt does not require a deep knowledge of Mexican politicsto appreciate the fact that the presence of this new revolution darkens into deep shadow the prospects for the establishment of a free government of Mexico by Mexicans.There is in this latest coup little of that hope which madedemocrats all over the world sympathize with the revoltheaded by Madero against the older Diaz. The revolution of 1910 was aimed against a man who had become regarded as a cruel, autocratic dictator. "Benevolent despot" he had been called, but a despot he had become, unquestionably. The revolt against the autocratic rule ofPorfirio Diaz at least possessed the form of democratic advance and we have never since come to believe that Maderowas not sincere in his idealistic wish to make the republicone of fact as well as of name.The events of this week in the Mexican capital make ityet doubtful whether the new Diaz has obtained a permanent ascendency. He scored a brilliant beginning, but itmay be that he has merely inaugurated another term ofguerilla warfare. It may be that Madero will stamp outthe rebellion in the capital, but it remains to be seen howmuch encouragement the guerilla bands in the rural districts will receive from this urban victory.Whether this revolution is ended or whether it has justbegun we cannot-certainly at the time these words arewritten-tell with any positiveness. Nor can we tell for aperiod of days or even weeks. For there lurks behind thisnewest disturbance in Mexico the impending fear that theautocracy of the old Diaz may have crushed for our time,at least, the capacity of the Mexican people for ordered andstable government.Our best information from Mexico is vague as to theactual conditions which exist there. We have only theelusive suggestions that the Madero revolution was the result of a connivance with American capitalists. Recently,there has been the assertion that the Washington administration has purposely concealed important information.The charge has been made that the attorney general hasendeavored to protect offenders because of some veiled understanding with one side or the other in the Mexicansquabble.But, upon the face of the returns, we have nothing towarrant us in doubting the sincerity of the Madero movement. On the other hand, the dissensions in Mexico havedemonstrated that the people there are unfit for self-government; they do not comprehend the fact that government is not in purpose for the pockets of those in power.There is jealousy and envy and a disregard of the very elements of patriotism.And does not this situation in Mexico furnish food forthought for those who contend that the Filipinos are readyto assume the responsibilities of self-government?tiouch with each other; we now ac -cept as co mmnnplace, features ofdaily life which in 1876 would haveIloon regarded as impossible.VALENTINE DAY.BIecause Roman legend gave to FeIbruary 14 the distinction of being theday when birds mnated anid Iierausegood ,St. Valentinei sulffered m.artyrdoiii on that date, we have a collintatint of myth land fact out of \ hichlhas groVwn tihe modelrn valentine, theniissiv.e if livers. 'There are prett,cuistolis connllnected with the day; itfurnishes illan excuse for the display iofstntinlilit \vwhich rulbs the rough edtgesoff Soltn , fiellt s W\thil othetrwise \\oulhisneer at indultgencle of this sort, but\\. ih re really the better for It. It islal sing to mite that I(much of theSslianS.llIss which in former ya.nrst'i raieterizid the o.bservance o)f thisday his disaipptlrd; the i).-callhedSlllit \' valenlltillne does not hold thenstlcll ul Oulll pl)]a( 'e which\ J it O,.o tilllecupilied. Thei sndiling of at card Ofreminder and rinoill' bru ncltl(, especialliif it he it~'iplnlllllied hy it h .unch ofIlo lers, iS I till d iaty cltSt ii Which isaiing the right touch to this day.''his is lo -ers' day and it is lhve, they-: .y, tlhat makclit s the \sorhd g-t 'rund1111It du.s a f,-llow gid toi have ai Valmlinatinll t i to rmeme1 rll b er today illthe lright way.\ .'litssoulat m;il adv\i rtisced last Su.lhi wanliid i wife. li hais reueived 22I lns\ tr W hich shuis lthait not allIhe l 1 a .. , 1 r inine tho lght is directed,tr d ilt'i bIall O t.n 'ii manners h lle delteriorateid ix ii'. tha IU11 in's ll t iiers art h tilt\ ,."ith: llin ke thelll.S\'Il'u it' atli> lla n to be s.horter anue ilt d lt if Skits sulggtird nasre' r halintg. Wh ,'"t will thelr lea tio ii i mlle tun hol xilhisive willit be?l'h,, Seattle jutdge who ruled thatratan and wife should not sit on thesamie jury, had evidenitly it desirle tolpruollite i ittr tellrt i t his juries.While It will never cro\wd Out ontirely the oldl lace valentinell. the little bunch of violets is climbing hiitfirst place ini popular fiavor.Washinlgton will not seemll lie tihesame 'lI place, when Pauline Waynereturns ito Wisconsin iland to the pastures of Sentor l teptlliensoln.erinlllily is wvorkin.g hailrd to makeminoling-lpicture shoes dlecint ais wellas plpular. In this respect, we haveled (Germlany a bit.Your sholl.ilig will e Illmaie easierand oulr expense bill will bie reducedif you read Missoulian advertisinghabituall y.Inasmuch as Mr. Hall's physicalctondition lpractically forbade his acceptance of the district judgeship,(Governor Stewart evidently thoughtit would be well to keep it in thefir l.Panama Canal TollsIII-Administration ReplyBy Frederic J. Haskin.When Secretary of State PhilanderC. Knox wrote the reply of this government to the English notes protesting against theo Panama Canalact, he politely told Sir Edward Greythat the Blritish Foreign office displayed so little knowledge of thePresident's proclamation fixing tollson the canal that he could scarcelybelieve it had been read before SirIlEdward drafted his note of protest.This was somlething of a case of titfor tat, since Sir Edward had expressed the belief in his note thatl'resident Talt had not been able tocatch the( purport of the Innes note.Such is the course of diplomatic indirection. Mr. Knox then recalled thefact to the Blritlsh Foreign Mlin sterthat he had probably protested beforeIis country was hurt, since his notewas published the day after the proclallation was issuedi, and, therefore,seemingly before G(treat Britain couldhave understood the etffect of thePresident's pIroclamation. Mr. Knoxintermned Sir Ed\aurd that the wholete nor of his note swas a protest againstwhat the lpresident might do ratherthan against what he had done. Hedecla;red that since it was evident thatEngland hald protested without waiting to, untderstand the piresident'sprofclamnation, the diplomatic situationthat Sir Edward was discussing waswholly different froml the one Ilnowi xisting. Mr. Kinox in this tacitly ignired the luritish cotnintion that itwas a violation of the treaty to assuiiie the right to exemllt Americanships, whether the exemptilon was actually made or not.':The three direct objections to thecanal act urged by the British governlllent are that it exemlpts coastwise traffic from paying tolls, that itgi\'s the president power to discriulinliate against foreign shipping,a:nd that it gives tile governmenti owned vessels of the R.epublic of Panaiiat the right to use the canal free.'aking up these objections in reverseoIrder, Secretary Knox explresses surprise that England should drag Panama into the matter. He says thatthe treaty with the Republic of Panamaj, provid'ting for this toll exemption,has I ecn in effect for a decade, andthat until now not a syllable of protest lhas bIeen hit ard. He concludesthat all the facts in the case indicatethat EIngland does not want to subtuit that nuiattler to arbitration.With reference to the allegation thatthe canal act gives to the presidentthe right to fix tot's in a way thatwould te discriminatory against British shipping, Secretalry Knox advisesEngland that it will be time enoughto consider this question when thepresident takes such action.With reference to, the principle ofexempting coastwise traffic from tollcharges, the IBritish government is reminded that in its first note it practically conceided the right of theUnited ,States to exempt its coastwiseshipping from toll charges, when itsaid that if "the trade should be soregulated as to make it certain that. sly bona-fide coastwise trafficwould be benefited by this exemption,it may be that no objection could betaken." Secretary Knox then drivesanother argument home by asking ifthe United States to be denied theright to exempt such traffic simplybecause England has a suspicion orbelieves there is a possibility that theregulations yet to be framed may notrestrict this exemption to coastwisetraffic entirely.The Grey note expresses the fearthat the United States will, in remitting the tolls on coastwise business assess the entire charges of maintenance of the canal upon vessels inthe foreign trade, and thus causethem to bear an unequal burden. Tothis Secretary Knox has replied thatthe British government is far fromthe facts. He shows that this coastwise traffic was computed by Professor Emory Johnson in his calculations, and the loss incurred by the remission of these tolls will fall solelyupon the United States. lie furthermore calls England's attention to thefact that the treaty gives the UnitedStates a right to charge, in the verywords of Sir Edward Grey himself, atoll that would return to the lUnitedStates "the interest on the capitalexpended and the cost of the operatlon and maintenance of the canal."As a matter of fact, the UnitedStates does not propose to chargeEngland a rate of toll that will yieldsuch returns. Under the English construction, warranting the UnitedStates in charging a rate that wouldyield a return on the capital Investedland the cost of operation and maintenance, we might have fixed the rateat nearly three dollars instead of at$1.20. It is estimated that our totaloutlay on account of the canal, including interest, the cost of operation,maintenance, and policing, will represent approximately $27,000,000 a year.Professor Johnson estimates that 10,500,000 tons, net register, or shipping,will pass through the canal to beginwith, and that this anmount will heincreased to about 17,0j0,000 tons tenyears hence, and to some 27,000,000tons in 1935. From all this it will beseen that instead of working a hardship on England by remitting tolls oncoastwise traffic, it will be nearly 20years before England will be payingfor its shipping what it costs to maintain and operate the canal for its benefit. This, of course, begs the question of the treaty guarantee of equality of treatment.Secretary Knox observes that sinceadmittedly we are not going to makeenough out of the tolls iwe charge tomeet the fixed charges and the cost ofoperation and maintenance for manyyears to come, when we fix a ratebelow that point we are practicallysubsidizing every vessel that passesthrough the canal, be it British orAmerican, foreign or coastwise. Withthe British government recognizingthe right of the United S:ates to exompt its coastwise traffi - provlde'? itdoes not add toll or other burdens toBritish shipping, with the UnitedStates, including coastwise :hipping inits estimates of tonnage upon whicato predicate a fixing of tolls, and teing in a position to guarantee thatthe exemption under the canal actshall be limited to bona-flife eoa.twisetraffic, Secretary Knox grofe(sses tohe unable to see what England is coinplaining about.In other than displomatic languagehe thinks that England has gone of:half cocked-that it objects t) thecanal act, but that the act does notfix the tolls. He charges them of ignoring the president's proclamation,which, he thinks, puts at rest practically all the fanciful injuries thatSir Edward Grey thinks are about todescend upon British shipping. Hesays their protest is a protest moreagainst wihat may halppen than againstwhat has happened. He thinks GreatBritain is suing us because we havethe power to commit trespass againstour neighbor rather than because wehave colmittlied such trespass.In concluding hiis reply to Sir Edward Grey, Secretary Knox politelyasked him to wait until the act andthe President's proclamation do indicute that they will work inequality oftreatment or unjust and inequitabletolls upon British vessels, and thatthen, if Great Britain chooses to assert that they do, the question will beraised whether the United States isbound by that treaty to take into account and to collect tolls from Amrerlean vessels. liut to date, he observes,nothing nmore substa ntial upon whichto plredicate action has made its appearance than a mere possibility.Secretary Knox recognizes that England may want to, inquire into thematter to se. if its shipping actuallyis harmed, and indirectly offers to aidin that inquiry. He says that if suchan inquiry still leaves a doubt in theEnglish mind, the matter could thenbe submitted to a commission of inquiry for examination, and that ifthere is still grtound for dispute overthe diplomatic tphases of the controversy it Wmight be submitted to ajoint high commission, as providedfor in the unratified arbitrationtreaty.While many Ame(ricans believe thatthe American note is an effectiveanswer to the British contentions sofar as they \\ere set forth in the Innesand Grey notes, there are others whobelieve that our canal policy Is violative of the rights of England, andthat particularly iare we in error ifwe assume that the United Statesmay discrimlinate on all its shippingagainst the shilpping of Great Britaln. And it seems very probable,from the general tenor of the Englishcorresplondence, in which so manypoints in favo'r of the United Statesare conceded, that Britain's protest Isnot so mtuch, after all, against ourrights to exenlpt coastwise traffic, asit is a service of notice that it wouldhe wholly displeased if the UnitedStates should ever assume that it isnot one of the "all nations" which areincluded in the neutrality and equalprivilege idea of the Hay-Pauncefotetreaty.England doubtless realizes thatthere seems to be a growing inclination in the United States to assumethat since we built the canal we areentitled to give Anerican ships ofevery kind any exemptions we areminded to, and to feel that so long as2test Va ~::~:::~.C~:': ne ofi~All' I;~i~iii~iii~I·ii~i~.8Fi~i~iir~·"~~Sii~i~Bii"rii~~~ia~t~aii~sr r ~ ~iiii~:.iIi:::i::-j:'·i:::::::IP~~:ii~I ::; .r:·l:: ·i .~·,·: ii::::..~- isi:i~-::'~l:.iji~hb::~::::i.:ir;::·.':di'-::~:':.:: :::.:i ~.::·i.l.j:::i'i~~:~.~iia''''''':l'ii:i·"s" ::: j~::ii:9r::~i:iI::::i i:i:::::·::::-i ··: ::·:::::l:s·:r:8iI:i::ii::i:i:i::.i:.:i: .:·. ·::;· :::::::: :·:::r:i:j::'.'-r~:s::iiiI::::a~:i~.i~::~:1 i·:siii:.:i','i'l~'ii'':'I:·':~iiiiiii ' ""'':`;iii~~iii~ii~~c·.: - ·:: c ·:·. . : ··:-:·:·.-::· ~:riis:i~i: la·: ::: :· i:::;i·:·:': ::';~i.i:i:;~i~i~li::::::'·.ii·'i;~i~~:ir~i ·ar,:··,:~·::d~D)s·i:·~ar~:·::::`·····:::·-::~~ ·liD~:~··::2"::..:.·: .·-··:·:::··~: :::::r:.:·:·::::·::::::::::j ·:.· :·:·· t·r···i::~''··.l';;i:::::~·:i~·:i:!::P~·::ib!D~ :::: ··f··: :::.I.:·...::::::;·:::: ~i!i~~i~ .:~':: :::.....:.':I::.:.·.·::::·n·i.i~i·~ I··:.··~.;·i~~)il::':'·::::::::- ~sr: i :::·i:~i::-~ ··:···::.j::; ·.-·.· .1~i~i g:::·:::::.:::r6' ", ~'iEil~i~'~l~iii :··· ": ::~3~::;:i:~::.,): :.:..:·.I 'I::········:~"''':' ': ~·-' :::·i':''l:':.·i'::I'~'~~~:i::gi·i':'1· :::~·:·: ··:-·::·· ·ri .:-·r:.:;:·~· ···· ..~:·:·:·'~~::.. .::·:.:..r~··'''''·'''·'~:-i'ili:ii::'~?~i ··::'~~::'~'"·····:·:; ·· :::l::i:: ::. ··I::·. - ·.·:: ··.··:: ··: ··i··:·,r·l ~ttl:nt~ij11 PB~rv~leq tO i-ii:EC~,~i~h~i ~~r((pi~81!i·3)sC ostIlCno\u ~bat bcT j~m~4!t :s· .':',a·r ~ amma-rads too~groalll~u~ll~_d:]I~e m~3nre f;m~iVal~ntl'J~S. you--- ------ - ~~we give the same treatml1nt to thevessels of the se\'ral l (re ign nati ,ni:e \\ill bIe observ\ing the letter of theHay-Pauneefote treaty. ItOlel in thelight of their uldmissions and c.,ncessions, it seems that the IBritishnotes are, perhaps, more o( a serviceManhattan Shirt Sale!!HAVE YOU picked outyour Manhattan shirtsfrom this special clearancesale?Better see to it.The qualities arewell known; they'rethe best shirts made; somuch better than the ordinary that lots of our friends' come in and "grab" them inlots of three to a dozen. It's undoubtedly the best shirt opportunityyou'll see in a good long time.You'll regret if you miss it.FOUR SPECIAL LOTSAt $1.35-Negli- At $1.85-Negli- At $2.25-Negli- At $2.75-Negligees, stiff plaited gees, plain or gees, soft and gees in finest fabor plain fronts; plaited fronts, ele_ stiff plaited and rics and most ex' gant patterns in soft fronts; many clusive patternsgoodpatternsand light and dark col- rich light and and colors; elenearly all sizes; ors; $2.50 shirts dark colors; $3 gant $3.50 shirts$2.00 shirts for for shirts forS135 $l85 $225 $275of notice that suclh a construction ofthe treiaty v\ill not be acquiescied i1n,tha:n a lpriotest against the exemllhption Iof coastivise traffic.Sonii of those who welcome theBritish protest do it biecau se they feelthat the tirinciplle of exempting costw\ise traffic from toll charges is unwarrante(d either by reason of the returns it will yield to the people whopaid for the canal, or to the subsidyit will give to coastwise traffic, whichalready has a monopoly of Americanpanlt-to-port tbusiness.